Chamber and committees

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Meeting Agenda

14th Meeting, 2022

Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Session: 6
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Start time: 10:00am
Published: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:46pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.

2 Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 – Islands plan annual report

The Committee will take evidence from—

Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands;

Erica Clarkson, Head of Islands Policy and Communities, Nicola Crook, National Islands Plan Team Leader and Professor Francesco Sindico, Carbon Neutral Islands Team Leader, Scottish Government.

Witnesses

Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Scottish Government

Erica Clarkson, Head of Island Policy and Communities, Scottish Government

Nicola Crook, National Islands Plan Team Leader, Scottish Government

Phil Raines, Deputy Director Rural Economy and Communities, Scottish Government

Professor Francesco Sindico, Carbon Neutral Islands Team Leader, Scottish Government

Note by the Clerk - Islands plan annual report posted 28/04/2022 (Ref: RAINE/S6/22/14/1, 117KB, pdf)

RAINE/S6/22/14/2(P) (Private Paper)

3 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider whether the following instrument has been laid under the appropriate procedure—

Official Controls (Transitional Staging Period) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/90).

Note by the Clerk - subordinate legislation posted 28/04/2022 (Ref: RAINE/S6/22/14/3, 215KB, pdf)

RAINE/S6/22/14/4(P) (Private Paper)

4 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—